I take

I take

         your body where love takes place

I take

         your mouth where my life takes shape

I take

         your breath which makes my space

I take

         you as you are, for good

I take

         you with open arms, to have

I take

         you to have

         and to hold but not to hold

         too hard

I take

         you for farther for closer

         for sooner for later

till

till

         death us do

         death us do death us

         death tries to get us

         and we laugh and we stall

         and we tell it to call us some other

         fine day because we are busy today

         taking our tea with buttered

         hope and

I take

         thee

I take

         thee